HELEN MORONKEJI OGUNWUMIJU, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgement): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Gombe Division (Coram: Jummai Hannatu Sankey, Tunde O. Awotoye and Ebiowei Tobi, JJCA) delivered on 22nd July, 2021, wherein the court below dismissed the Appellant's appeal arising from the judgment of the High Court of Justice, Gombe State, per Sa'ad Mohammed J. dated 9th January, 2007 which had convicted the Appellant and five other co defendants on a two count charge of Criminal Conspiracy to commit Armed Robbery and belonging to a wandering gang for the purpose of habitually committing Armed Robbery contrary to Section 1(2)(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act and Section 306 of the Penal Code respectively. The Appellant was sentenced to death.
The Appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal, wherein the court below unanimously dismissed the appeal and affirmed the conviction and sentence passed by the trial court.
Dissatisfied, the Ap…